I have a great love for travelling, which is no secret considering I started this blog to write about travel and food. For me travel and food go together much like, say, Naples and pizza.
To travel culinary . . .
Author Archives for Tracey O'Brien
The Brave Eater
When I was growing up I was one of four children. That meant every evening my mother cooked for six people. She didn’t cook three slightly different versions of the meal depending on who liked what. There was no room for fussiness or pushing food around the plate hoping to skip straight to dessert. No. Mum cooked a meal and we ate it. Simple.
Tomato and vegetable curry with spiced pilaf
Last week I talked about spices and how they can transform your food. The collection of spices I keep in my pantry is like a security blanket – I know that a delicious meal is never far away. Following on from that I’d like to share some recipes that make great use of these invaluable spices.
Spice up your pantry – spiced lamb loins with chickpea stew and halloumi
This is not my first recipe using the marvellous lamb loin. I’m on a mission to show how versatile they are. They can take on so many different flavours and create any number of delicious meals.
Italy’s Amalfi Coast – Spectacular Positano (and a recipe for classic Aubergine Parmigiana)
Last week I talked about my trip to the Campania region in 2015 and some fantastic places to visit – Ravello, Pompeii and Capri. All well worth seeing and easy to reach if you’re basing yourself in Sorrento.
Italy’s Campania region – Pompeii and Capri (and a delicious recipe for spaghetti with Italian sausage)
Last week I talked about Sorrento, the popular town that is the gateway to Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Both Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast sit on the coastline of the Campania region, which is situated in southwestern Italy. In my next couple of posts I’d like to share with you some of the places worth travelling to from this gateway.
Sorrento, the gateway to Italy’s Amalfi Coast (and how to make delicious risotto)
The first time I visited Italy was with my husband in 2000, some sixteen years ago. We started in Venice, where we spent a magical couple of days. We then picked up a car and drove down to Tuscany. After a week spent driving around Tuscany we caught the train to Rome – a city we fell in love with. Well, we fell in love with Italy.
To cruise or not to cruise . . .
In the last few weeks I’ve taken you on a tour of the stops we made while cruising the Mediterranean earlier this year. Now I thought it was time to address the cruise itself.
The one dish tray-bake – effortless, delicious, comforting
Normally Thursday is my blogging day but I’ve deviated from my normal schedule to bring you a recipe I was desperate to share.
This magnificent meal was the product of a Saturday night spent at home – I’ve confessed previously how much I enjoy a quiet weekend. Often it’s a great opportunity to pick up a takeaway and a big tub of ice cream, relax and watch a good movie. But I decided to cook.
Cruising the Mediterranean – a day in Athens (and a recipe for delicious Moussaka)
Athens – Greece’s capital and a city that was once the lifeblood of an ancient and powerful empire.
Athens was our last stop in Greece before our ship sailed back to Italy. It was also the stop I’d been particularly looking forward to. It has been a long held dream of mine to climb the Acropolis. When you embark on something you’ve waited so long to do the hope is that it will live up to your expectations.
Tracey O'Brien 
Recent Comments